The Vatican – The holiest site in Roman Catholic denomination of Christianity and home of the pope as well as the world´s smallest country (110 acres) !
The St. Peter´s Basilica is the largest, holiest and most sacred Church in Roman Catholic Church and the current one was built between 1506 – 1626 AD-over 120 years !
It is possible to glance and see the pope on designated times of the week if the Pope is in the Vatican City. I missed seeing him many times ! may be sometime in the future im lucky !
Inside the St. Peter¨s Basilica at the Vatican City – The holiest site in Roman Catholic Church – This basilica is built at the same site where St. Peter (One of the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ was crucified upside down and buried)
The Bernini¨s Baldacchin inside the St. Peter´s basilica – the Canopy symbolically protecting the St Peters grave underneath the Basilica of St. Peter. Below the Basilica is the crypt and necropolis – The tomb of St. Peter
Inside the Vatican Museum gardens (Musei Vaticani) – One of the MOST RICHEST PALACES in the world with. Vatican may be the WORLD¨s SMALLEST COUNTRY but it has THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION of TREASURES – Paintings,frescoes (by artists like Michaelangelo), Tapestries, Mosaics, sculptures and extraordinary architecture that would take a lifetime to explore and understand !
